In the 70-page document, issued to schools across the country on Thursday, teachers are instructed not to question students who declare that they are transgender or tell them “it’s just a phase”. Instead, they are urged to “be affirming” of the students’ feelings. Other “tips” for teachers include asking these …
Read More »Britain is broken, let down by authoritarian, lying leaders who have utter contempt for the people who elect them
Another week, another Tory drama, this time involving Matt Hancock and Prime Minister Boris Johnson. But the ‘root causes’ in the background of this latest episode require closer public scrutiny. Because many of today’s politicians seem to have forgotten that government is about leadership – leaders who provide governance and …
Read More »‘Utter scum’: UK journalist slammed for suggesting Harry & Meghan should have named baby after George Floyd
In a widely condemned tweet on Sunday evening, journalist Julie Burchill poked fun at the newly born baby of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, suggesting Harry and Meghan should have chosen a more woke name than Lilibet ‘Lili’ Diana Mountbatten-Windsor. “What a missed opportunity. They could have called it …
Read More »Britain’s year of lockdowns has been marked by the elite’s incompetence, hypocrisy and utter disdain for the masses
It’s a year to the day that Prime Minister Boris Johnson instructed the world’s fifth-biggest economy to shut down. He told British citizens to stay at home, and closed the UK. In the blink of an eye, London, where I am based, went from a global metropolis to a ghost …
Read More »Iran blasts Johnson’s ‘utter hypocrisy’ for ‘concerns’ over Tehran plutonium risk after PM announces UK nuke warhead increase
On Tuesday, Javad Zarif condemned what he called Johnson’s “utter hypocrisy” in a statement on Twitter, adding: “Unlike the UK and allies, Iran believes nukes and all WMDs [weapons of mass destruction] are barbaric and must be eradicated.” Earlier in the day Johnson revealed that the UK would lift a …
Read More »‘Utter madness’: Manchester University mocked for replacing ‘mother’ & ‘father’ with ‘GUARDIAN’ in woke ‘inclusive language’ guide
Manchester University released its new guide for “inclusive language” on Wednesday, but the document started to gain traction after being covered by the Spectator’s Steerpike column. In its guide, the university declared that gendered language should be replaced to avoid offense, with “they/their/them” being used instead of “he/she,” and the …
Read More »Slavoj Zizek: We’re at a grim crossroads in this pandemic: one path leads to utter despair, the other to total extinction
We read again and again in our media that we are at the “beginning of the end” of the pandemic: although numbers of infections and deaths are still rising, millions are already vaccinated, so there is now at least the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel. In spite …
Read More »Ukrainians are outraged by the utter filth in the occupied Yalta
The promenade looks disgusting. The waterfront resort town of Yalta, in the annexed to Russia the Crimea are littered with heaps of garbage, and the granite scene ruined by labels. This was reported in Twitter RoksolanaToday&the Crimea. “Yalta three years in d*rime. This embankment, guys… the Waterfront,” reads the caption …
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